The court considered the relevance of a statutory limitation period in relation to applications to set aside transactions as being at an undervalue or as voidable preferences under section 238 to 241 of the 1986 Act. Applications to set aside transactions under the sections are generally actions on a specialty within the meaning of section 8 of the 1980 Act and subject to a 12 year limitation period accordingly; but where the substance of the claim is not to set aside a transaction, but to recover a sum of money, such applications will be governed by section 9, and thus subject to a six-year limitation period.
Judges:
John Randall QC
Citations:
[2001] BPIR 144
Statutes:
Insolvency Act 1986 238, Limitation Act 1980 8
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Hill (As Trustee In Bankruptcy of Nurkowski) v Spread Trustee Company Ltd and Another CA 12-May-2006
The defendants sought relief for transactions entered into at an undervalue. The bankrupt had entered into charges and an assignment of a loan account in their favour before his bankruptcy, and the trustee had obtained an order for them to be set . .
Cited – Nolan v Wright ChD 26-Feb-2009
The defendant sought to re-open the question of whether the charge under which he might otherwise be liable was an extortionate credit bargain. The creditor said that that plea was time barred. The defendant argued that a finding that the agreement . .
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Insolvency, Limitation
Updated: 10 May 2022; Ref: scu.244183